this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. sri lanka's president, gotabaya rajapaksa, will step down after protesters stormed the palace and set fire to the prime minister's house. we report from the scene in colombo. these protesters want a new beginning for sri lanka, a new political culture so that they will not face a similar economic crisis in this country. here in the uk, the defence secretary, ben wallace, rules himself out of the conservative leadership contest as two other cabinet ministers rule themselves in. the body of japan's assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. in tennis, elena rybakina wins the women's singles title at wimbledon.

hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. sri lanka's president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has announced he will be stepping down. it comes after protesters stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister's house. roger hundreds of thousands of demonstrators descended on the capital colombo after months of protests over economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel, and medicine. from the capital colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier

for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already escaped. in extraordinary scenes on a tumultuous day for sri lanka, the protesters then cooled off in the president's pool after all the privations in this country's crisis, clearly relishing this moment. you can just make out a four—poster bed as the crowds enjoy the inside of his home, too, and his bathroom. this was president gotabaya rajapaksa in 2020, campaigning during parliamentary elections. his family are accused by many of catastrophic economic mismanagement.

protests have been going on for weeks, but today marks a dramatic escalation. translation: we must chase them. they must go. it's time for us to think of the country. translation: we have children. we are on the streets, leaving ourjobs, because we believe in the cause. as the protests continue, sri lankans don't know where their president even is, though one report says he's being protected by the island country's navy. it has been announced by parliament's speaker he will step down by wednesday. and this is said to be the prime minister's private residence. it was set on fire, even though he had earlier offered to resign. after a day of chaos, fury and confusion, the anti—government protesters here, they are celebrating the announcement of the planned resignations of president gotabaya rajapaksa and prime minister ranil wickremesinghe. and these protesters, they want

a new beginning for sri lanka, a new political culture, so they will not face the similar economic crisis in this country. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo. sri lanka has run out of foreign currency and has had to impose a ban on sales of petrol and diesel for private vehicles. so, why is the country experiencing such turmoil? caroline hawley explains. sri lanka is best known perhaps to the world is a place of beautiful beaches. a country of 22 million people that was recovering from a vicious civil war. like everywhere else, it was hit hard by covid. but the roots of this latest crisis are far deeper than that. these are the rajapaksa brothers, who have dominated politics in sri lanka for years. gotabaya, on the right,

president now for a few more days. his brother, the former president, until recently prime minister in his brother's government. critics blame them directly for the woes of the country. we got here because of sheer incompetence, mismanagement, and greed. and the rajapaksa family embodied that. they embodied three things that have brought sri lanka down — first is authoritarianism, second is corruption, and the third is ethnic chauvinism — all of this came to a head when gotabaya rajapaksa became president. as sri lanka's economic problems mounted and fuel protests rose, protests broke out earlier this year, ordinary people turning their fury on the government. on the 1st of april, a state of emergency was declared, but the protests went on. on 12 april, the government announced it was defaulting on its entire foreign debt after running out of money to import supplies. in may, rajapaksa resigned as promised and had to be rescued from his home after it was stormed by protesters. byjune, the un was warning

of a humanitarian emergency, popular anger grew as inflation hit a new record this month, leading to today's dramatic events. whatever happens next, sri lanka's new leaders will inherit their worst economic crisis since the country's independence, huge popular discontent, and all the political challenges that will bring. caroline hawley, bbc news. earlier, we spoke to human rights lawyer and activist bhavani fonseka, who was at the protest earlier. it's been quite the day today in sri lanka. we saw thousands of people peacefully coming out and protesting, and then, saw the shift in terms of breaching the official residence of the president and his office. but unfortunately, violence has been seen in the last few hours, as you saw, the private residence of the prime minister was torched. and so, there remains a lot of questions and uncertainty

as to what happens next. the last few months, people have been protesting for change purely because they've been really facing difficulties, in terms of getting essential items, the long queues to get fuel — i mean, it's become the norm now to see vehicles, people staying and sleeping in vehicles to get fuel, and that ranges from 3—4 days sometimes. today was quite remarkable in terms of the numbers that turned up, in a context where people don't have fuel to travel in vehicles. so, many actually walked for hours to get to the protest sites, and the numbers that turned up were quite amazing. and i mean, it was peaceful until the evening today, many were just on the streets demanding for change. so very, very remarkable in this sense. and there was this excitement

and hope that this change will transfer into something positive in sri lanka. now what happened in the evening, with the torching of the prime minister's private residence raises a lot of questions and needs to be looked into. but it raises this fundamental question whether the law and order situation is even under control. so there's multiple challenges, despite what we saw — a remarkable display of people coming out peacefully to protest. here in the uk, the defence secretary, ben wallace, has ruled himself out of the conservative leadership contest. in a statement, he said it had not been an easy choice, but that he had decided to focus on his currentjob. six tory mps have entered the race so far — with two cabinet ministers, nadhim zahawi and grant shapps, confirming their candidacies

this afternoon — as our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. jeremy hunt and sajid javid also announced that they would be standing. who's the best shot, so far? at the forefront of britain's response to the war in ukraine, ben wallace was seen as a strong contender for prime minister. the defence secretary's popular with conservative member,s but he's taken what he said was a difficult decision and wished the candidates good luck. the frontrunner, for now, is rishi sunak. the former chancellor says he'd "grip the moment" and be honest about the challenges ahead. he has supporters and detractors. he's got the experience, he's got the ability, he's got the vision and i think at this moment in time we need to move to someone who's going to walk into number ten and take over the reins of the country, they need that level of experience and ability. unfortunately, because rishi's record is saying he wants low taxes and then putting them up, he's now got to double down on that

record during in this campaign. waiting to make an entrance, another grassroots tory favourite, the foreign secretary liz truss. expected to enter the race soon. do you think you'll make a good prime minister? i good evening. in the mix, too, the senior backbencher tom tugendhat, talking up his time in the military. i've spent 15 years serving our country in uniform. i've spent 6—7 years now serving our community in parliament and i'd like the chance to serve again, because i think this country matters. among the candidates with cabinet experience, grant shapps, the transport secretary, stressing his loyalty to boris johnson, while others were plotting. nadhim zahawi he, chancellor since tuesday, confirmed tonight as a contender for the top job. and suella braverman, the attorney general, who was the first to say she'd stand. less well—known but tipped as a rising star, kemi badenoch has taken an compromising stance on cultural issues. and tonight, sajid javid, whose resignation as health secretary triggered borisjohnson�*s final

demise, has confirmed he is standing, as hasjeremy hunt. beaten in the final two last time round, pitching now to win back trust. jonathan blake, bbc news. the newly—appointed education minister, andrea jenkyns, has admitted she should have shown more composure after she made a rude gesture to a crowd gathered outside downing street. she raised her middle finger to the crowd on her way to watch borisjohnson�*s resignation speech on thursday. she said she had endured a huge amount of abuse over years from some people and had confronted what she called a "baying mob". police injapan have admitted there were flaws in the security provided to the former prime minister, shinzo abe, who was shot and killed yesterday at a political rally. a 41—year—old man — armed with a home—made weapon — said he carried out the attack. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report — which contains some flashing images. the site where shinzo abe was gunned

down on friday has now become a place of pilgrimage. many hundreds lined up this morning to lay flowers and pay their respects. it's an old cliche that japanese people don't show public emotion. not today. at lunchtime the hearse carrying mr abe's body arrived at his home in tokyo. here, too, the emotion was palpable. as a stream of friends and dignitaries came to pay their respects. outside, we met a close friend of mr abe's, a right—wing political ally. ifeel very, very... very, very sad. and a sense of loss is so great that i do not know how to overcome. it has been striking to see the continuing outpouring of grief and anger today, notjust here but from around the world. it's hard to think of another japanese politician whose death

would have inspired days of national mourning in places as far away as india and brazil. there are now serious questions being asked about what happened yesterday in nara, not the least of which is the performance of mr abe's bodyguard team. this video shows how the gunmen was able to approach mr abe from behind. completely unchallenged. the team of bodyguards are all looking the other way. the first shot missed mr abe. but the gunman has time to fire a second shot. a nervous—looking nara police chief this afternoon admitted something had gone badly wrong. "it is undeniable that there was a security problem that caused a serious result," he says. "our security measures must be immediately reviewed." that is an understatement.

police today recovered a stash of home—made weapons from the suspect�*s home. but this is a country where there was just one gun fatality in the whole of last year. little wonder that on friday, the police were taken by surprise. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let's bring you some live pictures now from madrid. hundreds of thousands of people in the spanish capital have been taking part in the annual pride march. the event had been cancelled for the previous two years because of the covid pandemic. marchers waved rainbow flags — and danced to samba and techno music — in searing heat. several ministers from spain's left—wing coalition governmentjoined in. homosexuality was decriminalised in spain in 1978, three years after the death of the military ruler, general franco. the country has since legalised marriage and adoption for same—sex couples.

these are life pictures from madrid. ukraine has urged its allies to send more weapons to slow russia's military advance through the eastern donbas region. officials have reported towns and villages being shelled ahead of an expected push for more territory. in the uk, a special programme has begun offering both military and survival skills to new ukrainian troop recruits. simonjones reports. replace the tmh at the front, and make sure the pins... just days ago, these recruits from ukraine had never before picked up a weapon. plumbers, electricians, office workers, now being put through their paces in the north—west of england by british soldiers. the training will teach weapons handling, first—aid, battlefield tactics under the law of armed conflict. it is serious training, because it is an important part of our upcoming life and the more skills we own here, the better we will be prepared,

and i do feel a high level of responsibility, in front of my people and my family and all my relatives, simply because i am here to be prepared to defend them. the plan is to train i0,000 ukrainians in 120 days, at mod sites across the uk. the british government says it is part of a package of military age totalling more than £2 billion. many of the british soldiers passing on their skills have previously had tours of duty in ukraine themselves. i really feel like we're making a difference, they came to us essentially, civilians. now three days into a training programme they have started acting like soldiers, thinking like soldiers, they have started speaking to us like soldiers. borisjohnson and ukrainian president have enjoyed a close relationship. but given the recent political turmoil in the uk, the government has this message for president zelensky. britain is full square behind them. the assistance we give is not just one person, not me, -

not the prime minister, it is the whole effort. . we have the british army up here| today, up in the north of england, training ukrainians on what it needs to d0~ _ this next generation are being issued with body armour and first—aid kits to take back with them, trying to prepare the troops for life on the front line. simon jones, bbc news. police in southern ukraine say they've opened criminal proceedings against russia's military, accusing it of deliberately destroying crops in the kherson region. they say russian forces use incendiary shells to set crops alight. they estimate hundreds of hectares of wheat, barley and other grains have been burnt, as well as patches of forest. ukraine accuses russia of weaponising food supplies, targeting or blockading supplies in areas kyiv controls, damaging agricultural infrastructure, and stealing grain in areas under occupation. moscow denies this. it's being called northern italy's worst drought in 70 years as water levels in its longest river

hit record lows. the po cuts through the country's northern heartlands with five surrounding regions now under a state of emergency. our europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from those communities that rely on the vital po river. this heat makes you thirsty. here, they're hoping for rain to help fill the empty outlook. translation: to me, it looks desolate. - it makes me feel bad, because i've never seen it like that. i hope that the weather changes and little by little it could return to normal. it is a disaster for everybody, for the companies around here too. this valley saw some of the final stages of world war ii. low water levels are revealing the river's hidden history. locals say that in a normal year, even in high summer, i couldn't do what i'm doing right now, which is walk across this stretch of the river po without even getting my feet wet.

this riverbed has become a sandbank. high temperatures, along with the lack of rain and snow since winter, has led to a state of emergency for five northern regions. a weaker river means seawater is seeping inland miles further than usual. normally, you will see that the seawater enters the mouth of the river for a few kilometres. at the moment, official data shows an ingression up to 30 kilometres from the mouth, of seawater. you actually have the tide coming in. that water is used for irrigation, and therefore you can imagine that the farmers may suffer huge economic damage from this. so this is salt, here? yes, si. on his farm close to the adriatic, giampaolo says some salt

is normal, but not this much. translation: we fear- the progress of salt inland, because this makes the soil arid, and it's affecting more _ and more of our land, i making it more difficult to cultivate and less productive. so, this is what giampaolo is growing here, peanuts. and in the green areas you can see, things are going pretty well. in the brown areas, not so well. rather than finding this when you pull up the root of the plant, you might find nothing. water must flow one way or another, but for many, this record—breaking drought has heightened fears about the effects of climate change. translation: i'm 67. i've lived here since i was born. this is the worst year ever. giuliano has been looking out at this land all his life, and says he sees a hard future ahead. jessica parker, bbc news, in northern italy. in tennis, elena rybakina has won

the women's title at wimbledon. she has beaten tunisia's ons jabeur 3—6, 6—2 and 6—2 to become the first player from kazakhstan to win a grand slam singles title at wimbledon. our correspondent chetan patak has more. in a year where wimbledon banned russian and belarusian players following the invasion of ukraine, it is still a player born in moscow that's won the women's singles title. elena rybakina is not a name we were talking about as a contender at these championships before the start of this tournament — and yet, she walks off with the venus rosewater dish. she started nervously against ons jabeur, the world number two and third seed who, back in her homeland of tunisia is called the minister of happiness. her rise through the game across the last 18 months has been extraordinary. she was the favourite going into this final, jabeur, she talked about how desperate she was to win this title for the people back home

on the first day of eid. she gave herself the best possible start by winning the first set. but then, nerves and fatigue started to set in. and rybakina found her powerful serve, herall—round poweragain, to get herself over the line. rybakina, at 23, makes history, the first kazakhstan player to win a grand slam singles title. and she gave a muted response when she won at the end — something we've got used to seeing from her. she often talks about her poker face, but even she couldn't hide her smile as she lifted that venus rosewater dish. wimbledeon has often given us unexpected winners, especially in the women's draw. but with her all—round game, rybakina is someone we should expect to see here time and again. the supermodel naomi campbell has been awarded an honorary doctorate for her impact on global fashion. campbell started her career in fashion at the age of 15, and became the first black model to appear on the cover of vogue. naomi sat down with the bbc�*s

sophie van brugen. a chance to reflect on four decades in the fashion industry. fresh from the runways of paris, naomi campbell modelled a mortarboard, as she received her honorary doctorate for her impact on globalfashion. i'm so honoured to be here today. and i was thinking yesterday, i was on the runway doing balenciaga, thinking that my dress wasn't going to get through the door because it was quite big. an emotional moment as the next generation of talent sat in the audience. what advice would you give to 21—year—old naomi? go for life, man, go for it, go for it all! go for it all, and then you decide — you will find out which is the one you want to really focus on, you will get there, and you have to trust your gut. i think i am where i'm supposed to be. because i am supposed to be doing

what i'm doing right now. which is not for naomi campbell, it's for all emerging, diverse, inclusive, equality and equal creatives, to have a platform. there has been a lot of positive change, definitely, we have seen that in the industry. but it still feels like there is a lot more to be done. what do you feel the challenges still are? now it's really holding our industry accountable. you say you want to be inclusive, you say you want to be diverse. so let's do it. i don't want to hear anymore saying. i want to see the action. because i'm clear, and i know the ones who do the action, and the ones who just say it, and say it because they don't want to get in trouble. i'm clear about who they are. perhaps the most showstopping announcement to date was in may last year. via social media, she announced she'd become a mother. the world first saw her baby daughter on the cover of vogue. what has she taught

you about yourself? that i can have patience. you know, you cannot control the things that happen, you've got to let things flow. she's very independent. very. wants to feed herself, she's walking. is she a good sleeper? 12 hours. what?! we got her on 12 hours when she was two months old. how on earth did you do that? great baby whisperer. whenever i thought of, like, i can't wait to be a mum, the vision was dancing in the kitchen. something around food. do you think you will use, on your address, dr campbell? will you use your newfound title? i don't have a card, if that's what you're asking. i don't have business cards. do you mean on my social media? on your insta handle. dr campbell, it has a nice ring to it. yeah, why not? i think i might do it. a global supermodel, human rights activist,

and now dr campbell. sophie van brugen, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. hello. very little rain in this forecast, there is heat to talk about. and in fact, as temperatures head up during sunday, parts of wales, the wider area of england, begin three consecutive days with temperatures in the mid—to—upper 20s, some spots low 30s, which will qualify it as a heat wave right underneath this area of high pressure. there will be cloud to begin with, though, misty low cloud into northern ireland, western scotland, parts of northwest england, north wales. a lot of that's going to disappear and mayjust linger around some irish sea coasts, far northwest scotland staying cloudy, in the northern isles, rain clearing away from shetland. for many, though, it'sjust a case of plenty of sunshine, mid—to—low 20s, the warmest parts of northern ireland through eastern scotland, mid—to—high 20s, much of wales and england, 30 in southeast england, somewhat cooling sea breezes around the coasts.

it's going to be a hot one on centre court — and notjust wimbledon players and spectators will need to protect against the strong sunshine with high, or indeed, very high uv levels. sunday evening, well, stays fine, very warm, bit of misty low cloud returning towards northwest scotland and maybe still around some irish sea coasts going into monday morning. overnight temperatures mid—to—low teens, but the nights are getting a bit warmer as well. then during monday, there will be a bit more cloud filtering into scotland and northern ireland, though it will still feel very warm with some sunny spells. an increasing breeze and some rain, some rain heading into the western isles later in the day. for wales and england the sun will turn hazy, but it will still be there and it'll feel hotter. more places getting to that 30 or above celsius mark. and then, going into tuesday, there's a cold front that's moving its way southwards, but it will have barely any rain once it moves through scotland and northern ireland, and it willjust be a band of cloud, really. so behind it for scotland and northern ireland feeling fresher on tuesday, some sunny spells the chance of a shower.

although there will be some cloud filtering through wales and england, it will still feel very warm or indeed hot in places, and in fact could well be a hotter day still on tuesday in southeast england into the low 30s before then. just turns a touch cooler going into wednesday. in fact, for the rest of the week, scotland and northern ireland temperatures in some spots below average for the time of year. it will stay very warm across southern areas, and there is the potential for another burst of heat, maybe extreme heat, into next weekend, which we are watching.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot who's the chief political

correspondent at the guardian and sam lister who's the deputy political editor at the daily express. hello at the daily express. again. nice to see you both. the observer's front page is about the conservative leadership contest. they report that a senior tory believes borisjohnson is "bitter" and say he's "trying to wreck rishi sunak�*s bid to replace him". the sunday telegraph is also leading on the leadership contest but they focus on jeremy hunt and sajid javid, reporting that they're both calling for cuts to taxation. the sunday times takes a similar line on the leadership contest by highlighting issues around tax. they report that the former chancellor rishi sunak is being "attacked from all sides". the mail on sunday announces that the foreign secretary liz truss is going to put her name forward for the leadership contest. they report that she'll reverse rishi sunak�*s tax hikes. meanwhile the front page of the sunday express is more focussed on brexit — they quote the brexit minister, jacob rees mogg who says "those who betrayed boris will now seek to neuter brexit".

and the sunday mirror's front page is dedicated to the leader